PDF Tricks is billed as a simple, efficient application for small manipulations in PDF files.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Compress PDF – compress a PDF file. Obtain the same quality but with a reduced file size. Choose from:
- Extreme compression – less quality, high compression.
- Medium compression – good quality, good compression.
- Recommended compression – good quality, optimised for printing.
- Less compression – high quality, less compression.
- Split PDF – split a PDF by page ranges, separate coloured pages, or extract all PDF pages to multiple PDF files.
- Merge PDF – select multiple PDF files or images, and merge them quickly.
- Convert PDF – convert PDF files to JPG, PNG, and TXT formats.
Website: github.com/muriloventuroso/pdftricks
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Developer: Murilo Venturoso
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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